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View of filled garbage scows holding 600 tons of empty tin cans collected over a period of two weeks in all the boroughs of the city of New York by Department of Sanitation trucks. Men of the department work on their own time to collect the critical war metal
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View of filled garbage scows holding 600 tons of empty tin cans collected over a period of two weeks in all the boroughs of the city of New York by Department of Sanitation trucks. Men of the department work on their own time to collect the critical war metal

1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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safety film negativesnew york (state)new yorkunited states
Credit lineView of filled garbage scows holding 600 tons of empty tin cans collected over a period of two weeks in all the boroughs of the city of New York by Department of Sanitation trucks. Men of the departme. 1942-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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